The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Yobe State chapter has accused members of senatorial election panel of compromise, alleging that the primary election they claimed to have produced Mohammed Hassan was stage managed in his house.
The state chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Sani Inuwa Nguru, responded in a telephone interview to a report that 4 out 5 member of the PDP electoral panel declared Dambu winner of Yobe south senatorial ticket.
He called on the national headquarters of the PDP to urgently investigate the panel members, punish and discard any report submitted to them in the interest of peace and justice in the state.
He said that two out of three aspirants conducted the primaries at the designated Muhammadu Idrissa cinema venue, PDP election have been taking place for decades, only to read a report that another election was held and Senator Mohammed Hassan was declared winner.
“I want confirm to the world that the purported election, by the corrupt panel members took place in Senator Mohammed Hassan’s house. Urgent action must be taken to save the party from avoidable mess that can ruin the chances of our dear party in the state” he said.
He said, the Panel chairman, his secretary and the two other members who claimed to have conducted the primaries did not communicated there arrival to the party, or the two aspirants and at last boycotted the designated election venue.
“Only one of them, Dr. Shettima, came to the venue and asked whether they arrived. We waited for them up to 1:00pm but, none of them came. INEC officials were there, police were there, SSS were there, and agents of the three aspirants including Dambu’s agents witnessed and signed the final election result sheet. The security operatives and INEC can all attest to it.
“As a chairman of election sub committee, they did not submitted the letter sent to us from the national headquarters, neither did they spoke to any of the two aspirants, Adamu Maina waziri or Haruna Bawa waziri of change of arrangement from the original election venue,” he said.
